Plan for change Archives - Modern Workspace Pro

Microsoft Exchange Online: Upcoming secure-by-default changes for Exchange APIs [MC1304287]

Message ID: MC1304287 [Introduction]As part of the Microsoft Secure Future Initiative (SFI), and in alignment with the Secure by Default principle, we’re updating the Microsoft‑managed default user consent policy for Microsoft Graph. This change increases administrator control over third‑party application…

Modern Workspace Pro 9 May 2026Admin impact, New feature, Plan for change, User impactNo Comments

SharePoint Online

Updates to SharePoint home sites [MC1304293]

Message ID: MC1304293 [Introduction] We are updating the SharePoint home site experience and renaming the Viva Connections app in Microsoft Teams to the SharePoint app to simplify setup and provide more flexibility when deploying your main intranet experience in Teams.…

Modern Workspace Pro 9 May 2026Admin impact, New feature, Plan for change, User impactNo Comments

Exchange Online

2026 Microsoft 365 Packaging Update [MC1304290]

Message ID: MC1304290 [Introduction] As a part of the 2026 Microsoft 365 Packaging and Pricing Update, we're excited to share that the following features will begin to roll out to Microsoft 365, Office 365, and Enterprise Mobility and Security (EMS)…

Modern Workspace Pro 9 May 2026Admin impact, Plan for change, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft Teams

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Chat with anyone with an email address [MC1182004]

Message ID: MC1182004 (Updated) Updated May 8, 2026: We are not releasing this feature at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.[Introduction] Teams users in tenants with open collaboration policies have long been able to start a chat…

Modern Workspace Pro 8 May 2026Admin impact, New feature, Plan for change, Updated message, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft Entra

Microsoft Entra: Upcoming changes to federatedTokenValidationPolicy default settings [MC1303719]

Message ID: MC1303719 [Introduction]To strengthen security for federated authentication, Microsoft Entra will update the default behavior of federatedTokenValidationPolicy. This policy governs how Microsoft Entra validates federated authentication tokens and determines whether sign-ins are allowed when the internalDomainFederation does not match…

Modern Workspace Pro 8 May 2026Admin impact, Plan for changeNo Comments

SharePoint Online

(Updated) Retirement of SharePoint One-Time Passcode (SPO OTP) and transition to Microsoft Entra B2B [MC1243549]

Message ID: MC1243549 (Updated) Updated May 7, 2026: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. [Introduction]We are retiring SharePoint One‑Time Passcode (SPO OTP) authentication in OneDrive and SharePoint starting July 2026. Beginning in May 2026, new external sharing…

Modern Workspace Pro 7 May 2026Admin impact, Plan for change, Retirement, Updated message, User impactNo Comments

Mike on Anthropic Claude Sonnet is now available in Microsoft 365 Copilot [MC1247880]17 April 2026
Really interesting update. It feels like the bigger story here is not just that another model has been added, but…
Mike on Copilot entry point changes in Excel [MC1282571]17 April 2026
This is a helpful breakdown of what looks like a small UX change on the surface but has very real…
AI Logo Generator on GCP Release Notes: February 14, 202617 February 2026
It’s exciting to see Google SecOps SIEM and SOAR updates rolling out globally. I’m curious if there are any significant…
AI Music Generator on GCP Release Notes: February 13, 202615 February 2026
Security bulletins like the one for CVE-2025-13292 are always a bit concerning, but it’s reassuring to know Google is actively…
Nano Banana AI on GCP Release Notes: February 12, 202614 February 2026
This migration tool seems like a great step for those looking to modernize their infrastructure. Being able to move App…